Results 22,121-22,140 of 24,635 for speaker:Mary Harney
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (31 May 2005)
Mary Harney: My Department is aware that there is one lift in Monaghan General Hospital and has supported the former North Eastern Health Board's proposal to provide a second lift and new stairs to contemporary fire escape standards. My Department sanctioned the former health board to proceed with development proposals which include the provision of this new lift. It is now a matter for the Health Service...
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (31 May 2005)
Mary Harney: The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act, the executive has the responsibility to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. This includes responsibility for the assessment of applications for medical cards. Accordingly, my Department has requested the chief...
- Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (31 May 2005)
Mary Harney: The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act, the executive has the responsibility to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. As the person in question resides in County Limerick, my Department has requested the chief officer for the executive's mid-western area...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (31 May 2005)
Mary Harney: The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act, the executive has the responsibility to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. Services at Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children, Crumlin, are provided under an arrangement with the executive, and my Department has...
- Written Answers — Hospital Procedures: Hospital Procedures (31 May 2005)
Mary Harney: Casemix is an internationally accepted management system for monitoring and evaluating health services which allows for the collection, categorisation and interpretation of hospital patient data related to the types of cases treated, in order to assist hospitals define their products, measure their productivity and assess quality. Casemix is used as part of the budgetary process in order to...
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (31 May 2005)
Mary Harney: The estimated cost of extending the proposed GP visit card to the rest of the population, that is, in addition to the 200,000 already proposed for 2005, is in the region of â¬550 million. This is based on the existing rates of capitation and other fees paid to GPs.
- Written Answers — Accident and Emergency Services: Accident and Emergency Services (31 May 2005)
Mary Harney: Additional revenue funding of â¬70 million and additional capital funding of â¬10 million has been provided to support the actions identified to improve the delivery of accident and emergency services. The Health Service Executive has been charged with responsibility to implement the actions identified in the ten point plan for accident and emergency services. My Department has also...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (31 May 2005)
Mary Harney: I will provide the information requested separately to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — General Practitioner Co-operatives: General Practitioner Co-operatives (31 May 2005)
Mary Harney: Out-of-hours general practitioner co-operatives are found in part of all areas of the Health Service Executive and provide coverage in part of all of the 26 counties. There are four limited GP out-of-hours co-operatives operating in Dublin and eight full GP out-of-hours co-operatives in operation around the country. Decisions on the geographical areas to be covered by co-operatives and any...
- Written Answers — Water Fluoridation: Water Fluoridation (31 May 2005)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 177 and 179 to 181, inclusive, together. The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act, the executive has the responsibility to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. This includes responsibility for fluoridation. Accordingly, my...
- Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (31 May 2005)
Mary Harney: The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act, the executive has the responsibility to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. As the person in question resides in County Mayo, my Department has requested the chief officer for the executive's western area to...
- Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (31 May 2005)
Mary Harney: The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Services Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act, the executive has the responsibility to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. This includes responsibility for health service recruitment. Accordingly, my Department has requested the chief officer of the...
- Order of Business. (31 May 2005)
Mary Harney: We will have the debate before the glacier arrives.
- Written Answers — Parliamentary Questions: Parliamentary Questions (26 May 2005)
Mary Harney: The HSE, established on 1 January 2005, is the national body with statutory responsibility for the delivery and management of health and personal social services. Accordingly, matters raised in parliamentary questions which relate to local or individual cases are referred to the executive for reply to the Deputy concerned. This is essentially a continuation of the practice which was followed,...
- Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (26 May 2005)
Mary Harney: Under the Protection of Employees (Part-Time Work) Act 2001, any employee whose normal hours of work constitute at least 20% of the normal hours of a comparable full-time employee is entitled to be treated no less favourably than the comparable full-time employee. My Department has been informed by the Health Service Executive that pension arrangements for home helps employed in the health...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (26 May 2005)
Mary Harney: The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act, the executive has the responsibility to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. As the person in question resides in Dublin, my Department has requested the chief officer of the executive's eastern regional area to...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (26 May 2005)
Mary Harney: Following an agreed assessment process, a further 81 names have been added to the list of chiropodists considered eligible to practise in the public health service. My Department is currently liaising with the relevant professional bodies in regard to the development of the assessment system, building on the work carried out to date for the preparation of the statutory registration of...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (26 May 2005)
Mary Harney: My Department does not collect or collate data on waiting times for tests in respect of the specialties mentioned. The length of time involved for patients requiring tests is dependent on a number of factors such as the patient's condition, the particular test required, the demand for such tests and the capacity of individual hospitals to carry out particular tests. Operational issues for the...
- Written Answers — Winter Vomiting Bug: Winter Vomiting Bug (26 May 2005)
Mary Harney: The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act, the executive has the responsibility to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. Accordingly, my Department has requested the chief officer for the executive's southern area to reply to the Deputy directly with the...
- Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (26 May 2005)
Mary Harney: The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act, the executive has the responsibility to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. This includes responsibility for services at Letterkenny General Hospital. Accordingly, my Department has requested the chief officer for...